50 True riches cannot be stolen. WORDS OF FOUR SYLLABLES, ACCENTED ON THE FIRST. He that would enjoy the fruit must not gather the flower. When such words as these I hear Boys and girls that nimbly play, They can jump and run away, Never mind how hard the task, Find some one who knows, and ask, Men who do the noblest deeds He who lacks the strength he needs But when evil tempts to wrong, In your virtue firm and strong, Drive the tempter from your sight; And when follies round you throng, Ever say it. When good actions call you near, Drive away the rising fear, All your path will then be clear. WORK AND PLAY. WORK while you work, To be cheerful and gay. Do with your might; One thing each time, And that done well, So work while you work, Virtue is the health and beauty of the soul. 52 Money is a useful servant, but a bad master. WORDS OF FOUR SYLLABLES, ACCENTED ON THE SECOND. However little we have to do, let us do that little well. NE day, when Susan had mislaid some of her sewing work, she became quite vexed, and began to fret and scold. "I can never keep anything. Somebody always takes my things and loses them," cried Susan. It was no uncommon thing for her to be so fretful, and her mother was desirous of causing her to see how ugly such a habit made her appear, that she might overcome it. On this day, when Susan commenced her fretting, her mother kindly remarked, "There is one thing that I think you might keep, if you would try." 66 I should like to keep even one thing," answered Susan. "Well, then, my dear, keep your temper; if you will only do that, you will find it more easy to keep other things. "Now, if you had employed the time in searching for the missing articles, which you have spent in fretting, you might have found them before this time; but you have not even looked for them. "You have allowed yourself to get in a passion, which is a very Besides, by getting in a passion, you became guilty of two sins; one of being in a passion, and the other of accusing somebody of causing it. 66 'Now, my dear, let me entreat you to keep your temper. By so doing you will be more happy, and your friends will love you better." Susan listened very quietly to her Mother's kind remarks, and thought of her own foolish action, and resolved to try to overcome her bad habit. After a brief search for the articles she had lost, she found them in her work-bag. The mill cannot grind with the water that is past. |